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R21445 I Fear an Oath, before I swear, to take it; / And well I may, for 'tis the Oath of God: Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 123917 The Loyal Non-Conformist, / OR, / An Account what he dare swear, and what not The Loyal Non-Conformist, OR, An Account what he dare swear, and what not The Loyal Nonconformist, OR, An Account what he dare swear, and what not Wild, Robert 1670-1670

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I Fear an Oath, before I swear, to take it; And well I may, for tis the Oath of God: I fear an Oath, when I have sworn, to break it; And well I may, for Vengeance hath a Rod. And yet I may swear, and must too; tis due Both to my Heavnly and my Earthly King: If I assent, it must be full and true; And if I promise, I must do the thing. I am no Quaker, not at all to swear: Nor Papist, to swear East, and mean the West: But am a Protestant, and shall declare What I cannot, and what I can protest. I never will endeavour Alteration Of Monarchy, or of that Royal Name: Which God hath chosen to command this Nation; But will maintain his Person, Crown and Fame. What He commands, if Conscience say not nay, (For Conscience is a greater King than He) For Conscience sake, not Fear, I will obey; And if not active, passive I will be. Ill pray, That all his Subjects may agree, And never more be crumbled into Parts: I will endeavour that His Majesty May not be King of Clubs, but King of Hearts. The Royal Oak I swear I will defend; But for the Ivy which doth hug it so, I swear that is a Thief, and not a Friend; And about Steeples fitter for to grow. The Civil Government I will obey, But for Church Policie I swear I doubt it: And if my Bible want th Apocrypha, I swear my Book may be compleat without it. I dare not swear Church-Government is Right As it should be: but this I dare to swear, If they should put me to t, the Bishops might Do better and be better than they are. Nor will I swear for all that they are worth, That Bishopricks will stand, and Doomsday see: And yet Ill swear the Gospel holdeth forth; Christ with his Mysteries till then will be.
That Peter was a Prelate, they aver; But Ill not sweart when all is said and done: But I dare swear, and hope I shall not err, He preachd a hundred Sermons to their one. Peter a Fisher was, and he caught men; And they have Nets, and in them catch men too: Yet Ill not swear they are alike; f[o]r them He caught, he savd; these catch and them undo. I dare not swear that Courts Eccles[ia]stick Do in their Laws make just and [g]entle Votes: But Ill be sworn that Burton, Pryn [a]nd Bastwick, Were once Ear-witnesses of hars[he]r Notes. Archdeacons, Deans and Chapters are [b]rave men By Canon, not by Scripture; bu[t t]o this, If I be calld, Ill swear and swear a[gai]n, That no such Chapter in my Bibl[e i]s. Ill not condemn those Presbyterian[s] who Refused Bishopricks and might [ha]ve had em: But Mistress Calamy, Ill swear, d[oe]s do As well as if she were a Spiritu[al] Madam. For Holy Vestments Ill not take an [Oa]th, Which Linnen most Canonical [?]y be: Some are for Lawn, some Holland, [t]he Scotch-cloath, And Hemp for some is fitter than [?] three. Paul had a Cloak, and Books, and [Par]chments too; But that he wore a Surplise Ill [?] swear: Nor that his Parchments did his Or[?]s show, Or in his books there was a Com[mon]-Prayer. I own Assistance to the King by [Oath]; And if he please to put the Bish[op] down, (As who knows what may be) I sh[ou]ld be loath To see Tom Beckets Mitre push[?]e Crown. And yet Church-Government I do al[?], And am contented Bishops be th[?] [?]en: And that I speak in earnest, here I v[?] Where we have One I wish we n[?]t have Ten. In fine, the Civil Power Ill obey; And seek the Peace and Wellfare [of] the Nation: If this wont do, I know not what t[he]y; But farewell London, farewell C[?] ration[?]
LONDON, Printed Anno Domini, MDCLXX.